Friends of Riverfront Park is a volunteer organization founded in 2012 by Newark residents in partnership with the City of Newark and County of Essex. We hold open monthly meetings, and support riverfront programming by providing resident feedback and guidance, acting as eyes and ears on the park, some fundraising, and volunteering at events.
Thank you to our partners and supporters
County of Essex, New Jersey
City of Newark
Newark City Parks Foundation
Hackensack Riverkeeper
Ironbound Community Corporation
National Endowment for the Arts
Victoria Foundation
New Jersey DEP Green Acres Program
Seidler Chemical Company
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners
New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program
Trust for Public Land
Friends of Newark Riverfront 
One idea you may want to include for the Newark waterfront is a community rowing center that allows opportunities for local high schools to participate in the sport of rowing. You may want to check out the following website to see what was done at the Saugatuck Boatclub in Connecticut. Its a really nice facility with restaurants located above where the boats are stored. The Passaic River Rowing Association located in Lyndhurst may have some more ideas on opening, operating, and running a project of this kind.
James, that’s a great idea. As the first phase of Newark Riverfront Park will contain a modest floating boat dock, we’re in discussions with youth rowing organizations to bring this kind of programming to Newark.
EZ Dock Mid-Atlantic, who provided the floating boat dock, also specializes in rowing docks.
Thanks for a nice dock, EZ Dock Mid-Atlantic. And thanks to the New Jersey Department of Transportation Office of Marine Services and their I BOAT NJ Program for funding it!
Is there a rendition available anywhere we can see what it is supossed tp look like?
You can see a drawing of the design for the area between the Jackson Street Bridge and Oxford Street here.
Do you have boat tips open to the public this summer?
Yes. Stay tuned for the announcement of the Summer 2013 in coming weeks!